Hi How Can I Tell If I Have Breast Cancer As A Teen Girl? I Just Don't Know Because I Can Feel Things But My Mum Says Not Too Worry Can Someone Please Help Me Out It Would Mean Alot.(: Oh And I'm Sorry For The Caps In Every Word I Do Know.
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let your dog smell it...he'll go nuts if you have it.
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Its hard to tell when your a teenager. When you try to give yourself an exam you might feel bumps but they can just be your milk glands. You do not have to be pregnant to have those. It can also be a cyst. The best way to know is going to your doctor and let them give you an exam. They will feel all around your breast if they find something abnormal they will send you to get an ultrasound on your breast. I have to Cyst on my left breast I discovered them when I was pregnant.
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You can’t tell on your own. What you are feeling is normal at your age and this is one of the reasons self exams are not recommended at your age. There is a reason screening exams are recommended starting at 40 years old. 1 in every 1 million girls 15-19 years old are diagnosed with breast cancer. Listen to your mother and don’t worry.
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Your mum is right. The chances of breast cancer at 14 are very close to zero. It's almost unheard of in under 20s, and in fact fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed with it are under 30 and only 5% are under 40. Most (80%) are over 50. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was classed as 'young'; I was 50. There is no need to be doing breast self-examinations at your age - they will tell you nothing and may worry you unnecessarily. The American Cancer Society and other cancer organisations recommend that women begin breast self examination at no younger than 20. Before that it's pointless; firstly because there are so many hormonal changes that there is no 'normal' - and self examination is about a woman knowing what's normal for her and reporting any changes. And secondly because the chance of breast cancer is almost nil. At your age your breasts are still growing and developing and any changes to your breasts are almost certainly hormonal
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